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Ryan Blackwell Rose hails from New York State. Ryan realized at a young age that he wanted to perform and share his creative talents with the world. He started by
figure skating at the age of 8. Two years later he was accepted to The School of the Arts in Rochester. Ryan also began dancing at the Garth Fagan School of Dance at the
age of 9 and continued his study there for the next 8 years. His passion for dance soon took over and became a full time commitment. Ryan later joined the Little Red
Dancing School while continuing to perform at school. During his high school career, Ryan attended many regional and national competitions winning numerous
Judge’s Awards and Scholarships.
After graduating from The School of the Arts in 1998, he was accepted to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Ryan instead decided to accept a role in Sesame Street Live!
earning him his Equity card. He toured with the production for 3 years.
After leaving
Sesame Street Live!
Ryan moved on to join the Canadian production of The Lion King where he was an ensemble member and Simba understudy. He
performed in the production for 3 out of the 4 years it ran in Toronto.
Upon the closing of
The Lion King
in Toronto, Ryan moved back to Rochester and took a position in the Garth Fagan Dance Company. He performed for a year and
half all over the country, including a season at the Joyce Theatre in New York City. Ryan had the opportunity to have many featured roles in several of Garth’s pieces.
Ryan then moved to St. Louis, MO where he was offered a position as Assistant Dance Captain/Dancer at the Eye Candy Dance Revue at Harrah’s Casino. During this
time Ryan also began his teaching career at the Best Talent Center creating award winning pieces at dance competitions nation‐wide. Most of his students have gone
on to receive scholarships at highly respected dance colleges. Ryan also choreographed many pieces for high school dance teams around the St. Louis area.
In 2006, Ryan was cast in the touring production of
Wicked
. He joined the production in the familiar town of Toronto and continued performing with it for the
next 2 years. While travelling around the country, Ryan taught Master Classes at some of the country’s top dance studios.
Now Ryan has begun a new chapter of his dancing career by moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing his keen sense of musicality and passion for dance to
the dance community here. Ryan’s approach to dance is to allow the dancer to be able to feel their passion for dance, the same that has driven him to pursuecareer and to be able to express this in their performance and everyday

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